Lentulidae

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Lentulidae
Lentula sp. (Lentulidae) (4781928527).jpg
Unknown Lentula species
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lentulidae
Dirsh, 1956

The Lentulidae[1] are a family of flightless grasshoppers found in sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Subfamilies and Genera[]

The Orthoptera Species File includes:[2]

Lentulinae[]

Auth. Dirsh, 1956

  • Jago, 1981
  • Dirsh, 1956
  • Dirsh, 1953
  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923
  • Jago, 1981
  • Sjöstedt, 1923
  • Karsch, 1896
  • Karsch, 1896
  • Rehn, 1944
  • Rehn, 1945
  • Lentula Stål, 1878
  • Brown, 2011
  • Dirsh, 1968
  • Dirsh, 1957
  • Karsch, 1896
  • Jago, 1981
  • Ramme, 1929
  • Rehn, 1944
  • Dirsh, 1956
  • Jago, 1981
  • Dirsh, 1953
  • Sjöstedt, 1910

Shelforditinae[]

Auth. Ritchie, 1982

  • Brown, 1970
  • Brown, 1970
  • Dirsh, 1956
  • Brown, 1970
  • Brown, 1961
  • Dirsh, 1958
  • Dirsh, 1956
  • Brown, 1967
  • Karny, 1910
  • Dirsh, 1956

Subfamily unplaced[]

  • Brown, 2014
  • Otte, 2014
  • Otte, 2014
  • Otte & Armstrong, 2017

Gallery[]

  • Unknown species

  • Male

References[]

  1. ^ Dirsh (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, vol. 108, 223-356.
  2. ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "family Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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